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Map of African countries by population density
This is a list of African countries and dependencies by population density in inhabitants/km². Saint Helena , being closest to Africa, has been included. Egypt as a whole has been included, even though some of Egypt is located in Asia .
country
pop. dens.
area
population
(/km²)
(km²)
(2002-07-01 est.)
Mauritius 588
2,040
1,200,206
Mayotte (Fr.)457
374
170,879
Réunion (Fr.)296
2,512
743,981
Comoros 283
2,170
614,382
Rwanda 281
26,338
7,398,074
Burundi 229
27,830
6,373,002
Seychelles 176
455
80,098
São Tomé and Príncipe 170
1,001
170,372
Nigeria 141
923,768
129,934,911
Gambia 129
11,300
1,455,842
Uganda 105
236,040
24,699,073
Cape Verde 101
4,033
408,760
Togo 93
56,785
5,285,501
Malawi 90
118,480
10,701,824
Ghana 85
239,460
20,244,154
Sierra Leone 78
71,740
5,614,743
Lesotho 73
30,355
2,207,954
Egypt 71
1,001,450
70,712,345
Morocco (excluding Western Sahara)70
446,550
31,167,783
Swaziland 65
17,363
1,123,605
Benin 60
112,620
6,787,625
Ethiopia 60
1,127,127
67,673,031
Tunisia 60
163,610
9815,644
Senegal 54
196,190
10,589,571
Kenya 53
582,650
31,138,735
Côte d'Ivoire 52
322,460
16,804,784
Burkina Faso 46
274,200
12,603,185
Tanzania 39
945,087
37,187,939
Guinea-Bissau 37
36,120
1,345,479
Eritrea 37
121,320
4,465,651
South Africa 36
1,219,912
43,647,658
Cameroon 34
475,440
16,184,748
Guinea 32
245,857
7,775,065
Liberia 30
111,370
3,288,198
Zimbabwe 29
390,580
11,376,676
Madagascar 28
587,040
16,473,477
Mozambique 24
801,590
19,607,519
Democratic Republic of the Congo 24
2,345,410
55,225,478
Djibouti 21
23,000
472,810
Equatorial Guinea 18
28,051
498,144
Saint Helena (UK)18
410
7,317
Sudan 15
2,505,810
37,090,298
Algeria 14
2,381,740
32,277,942
Zambia 13
752,614
9,959,037
Somalia 12
637,657
7,753,310
Mali 9.1
1,240,000
11,340,480
Republic of the Congo 8.7
342,000
2,958,448
Angola 8.5
1,246,700
10,593,171
Niger 8.4
1,267,000
10,639,744
Chad 7.0
1,284,000
8,997,237
Central African Republic 5.8
622,984
3,642,739
Gabon 4.6
267,667
1,233,353
Libya 3.1
1,759,540
5,368,585
Mauritania 2.7
1,030,700
2,828,858
Botswana 2.7
600,370
1,591,232
Namibia 2.2
825,418
1,820,916
Western Sahara 1.0
266,000
256,177
TOTAL 841,627,750
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